Species
B. silletensis ssp. silletensis
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. silletensis ssp. silletensis
- Form Variety
- ssp. silletensis
- Author
- (A. de Candolle) C. B. Clarke in J. D. Hooker, Fl. Brit. Ind.
- Publication Date
- 1879
- Place
- Arunachal Pradesh 1200’ - 3000’ (R. Morris 2009)
- Habitat
- 450-1000 m. alt.
- Country
- N. E. India, Bangladesh, China, Myanmar (Burma), N. Thailand
- Region
- Asia
- Section
- Platycentrum
- Chr 2n
- 22
- Plant Type
- Rhizomatous
- Synonyms and Comments
- Etymology: after the type locality of the Silhet Mountains; B. gigantea sensu Wallich
- Reference
- Fl. Brit. Ind. 2:636. 1879. "silhetensis."—emend. M.C. Tebbitt & K.-Y. Guan, Novon 12:133-6. 2002.— Cuizhi Gu, Ching-I Peng & Nicholas J. Turland, Flora of China 13, Begoniaceae 14:198. 2007.; JGSL9/08
- Article References
- Hughes M. et al., Asian Begonia 286, 2018; Tebbit, Begonias 5:208. 2005. Chromosome numbers of eight taxa of Begonia from Yunnan. Tian Daike , Guan Kaiyun , Zhou Qixing , Gu Zhijian. Acta Botanica Yunnanica 24(2):245-249 2002.
- Photo References
- Tebbit, Begonias pl.168. 2005; Hughes M. et al., Asian Begonia 286-8, 2018
Plant
- Description
- Dioecious
- Stem Type
- Stemless
- Other Features
- almost glabrous but can have an indumentum of very small, fine hairs
Lineage
Parents
No parentage recorded.
Etymology: after the type locality of the Silhet Mountains; B. gigantea sensu Wallich
Descendants
No recorded descendants.
Culture
- Cultural Requirements
- Cool growing conditions, moist environment